SILVER HOLLOW
ALEXANDER
The gates of Silver Hollow came into view through the haze clouding my vision. My legs felt heavier with every step, as though the earth itself was trying to pull me down.
Still, I kept moving.
I’d made it this far. I wasn’t going to collapse before I reached the house.
The sentinels at the gate stiffened as soon as they saw me. One of them dropped the spear he was holding. “Alpha Alexander!” he shouted, his voice breaking through the stillness. Both of them ran toward me, panic flashing across their faces... they must have noticed I wasn’t well.
“I’m fine,” I said before they could reach me, lifting a hand. My voice came out rough, scraped raw from the fight, but I forced strength into it. “Thank you.”
They froze mid-step, uncertain. I could see the way thei
